Wrist-protector.



No. 856,282. PAT ENTED JUNE 11, 1907. V

M. MOSS. WRIST PROTECTOR. APFLIOATION FILED NOV. 2, 1905.

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MYER MOSS, OF LUNENBURG, NOVA SOOTIA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO ADAM KNIOKLE,OF LUNENBURG, NOVA SOOTIA, CANADA.

WRIST-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed November 2, 1905. Serial No- 285,610.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MYER Moss, a subject of the King of Great Britain,residing at Lunenburg, county of Lunenburg, Province of Nova Scotia,Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wrist-Protectors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to wrist protectors,

articularly adapted to protect the wrists of ishermen from abrasion bythe oil skins usually Worn by this class of people; the object of myinvention is to provide a wrist protector which can readily be placed onthe wrist and readily removed and which will not present any point ofattachment for the oil skin worn by the user of the protector; a furtherobject is to provide a simple means for joining the ends of theprotectors; and my invention consists of the construction, combinationand arrangement of parts as herein illustrated, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, I haveillustrated one form of embodiment of my invention, in which drawingssimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts, and inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the wrist protector in closedposition; Fig. 2. is a plan view of the meeting ends of the wristprotector, showing the locking means therefor; Fig. 3 is a section online 3-3-of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the meeting ends of thewrist protector showing the pivotal connection thereof, the meeting endsof the protector being partly broken away to show the construction; and,Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the protector.

Referring to the drawings: 1 designates a pair of semi-circular memberspreferably of metal, provided with flanges 2, which flanges are turnedso as to leave the edges circular as best shown in Fig. 5. Thisconstruction provides a smooth edge at each endof the device and thewrist of the wearer is thereby protected from injury due to the contactof the edge of the protector with the flesh of the wearer. On one sidethe meeting ends of the members 1 are provided with integral ears 3,through which is projected a pivot 4, so that the members 1 may bereadily swung apart.

For the purpose of locking the members 1 together one of said members isprovided with a tongue 5 having a bent end 6, of resilient material,preferably metal of the same character as that which forms themembers 1. Disposed on the other member adjacent its end and connectingthe flanges 2 is a-transverse bar 7 provided with a flange 8 on itsunder side.

To look the wrist protector the tongue 5 is inserted beneath the bar 7and the ends of the members 1 brought together, so that the bent end 6of the tongue 5 engages against the flange 8 of the bar 7 where it isheld by the tension of the resilient member 6. To unlock the protector,the resilient bent end 6 of the tongue 5 is pressed downward out ofengagement with the flange 8, and the members 1 actuated apart on theirpivot.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

In a wrist protector, a pair of semi-cylindrical members provided withturned flanges at their ends, means pivoting said members together atone side, a bar carried by the opposite side of one of said members andprovided with a flange,'and a tongue integral with the opposite side ofthe other member and provided with a resilient bent end adapted toengage against said flange.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

MYER MOSS. Witnesses:

ADAM KNIOKLE, M. E. WHYNAOHT.

